Cooking stove or range



(No Model.)

0. VVFLEETWOOD. 0001mm STOVE OR RANGE.

Patented A151. 23, 1895.

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frZ/MM Nrrnn STATES CALEB V. FLEETWOOD, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO.

COOKING STOVE OR RANGE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 538,106, dated April23, 1895.

A plication filed July 13, 1894. Serial No. 517,439. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CALEB V. FLEETWOOD, a citizen of the United States,residing at Oincinnati, in the county of Hamilton and State of Ohio,have invented a new and useful Improvement in Cooking Stoves orRanges,which improvement is fully set forth in the followingspecification and accompanying drawings, in which Figure I is alongitudinal section, on line a: a: Fig. II, of a cooking stove providedwith my improved double flue; Fig. 11, a top plan view of the same, thetop plate being removed; Fig. III, a plan view of the under side of theoven, and Fig. IV, an enlarged detail view of the removable swingingpartition attached to the under side of the oven.

My invention relates to improvements in the construction of cookingstoves and ranges and its object is to provide a simple and effcctivedevice whereby the heat may be'utilized to the greatest advantage and atthe same time thoroughly and uniformly distributed in such a manner asto insure the best results in the operation of cooking.

The peculiar features and advantages of my invention are illustrated inthe accompanying drawings, in whicha designates the walls of the stoveor range; 2, the top plate; 3, the fire-box; 4, the baking oven; 5, thesoot chamber, and 6 the warming oven.

The flue space above the oven is divided by a central longitudinalpartition 7 mounted on a metal strip 8 which is removably attached tothe top of the oven by screws 9. In order to provide a free draft tofacilitate the kindling of a fire, a part of the upper edge of thepartition is removed to permit the smoke to pass immediately into thesmoke box 10 through an opening 11 which is normally closed by asuitable appliance.

12 indicates a vertical continuation of the partition. This is suitablyattached to the rear wall of the stove and extends to the bottom of theoven where it j oins'a supplemental partition 13 which swings laterallyon a rod 14, the outer end of which extends through the wall of thestove and forms a handle,- while the inner end is supported by and turnswithin a keeper 15, which is struck out of a metal strip 16 removablyattached to the under side of the oven by screws 17. If the swingingpartition be turned up against the bottom of the oven and its inner endthrust under the keeper as shown in Fig. 1V, any accumulation of sootmay be removed through a suitable opening in the front side of thestove.

The operation of the device will be readily understood.

The partitions 7, 12 and 13 as described form two heat flues 18 and 19which are kept separate until they pass the inner end of the swingingpartition. The current passing through the rear flue encounters adeflecting plate 20. The heat is thus directed toward the center of theoven where it meets the ourrent from the other fine as shown in Fig.III.

The movement of the heat is thus retarded and at the same time uniformlydistributed beneath the oven before it escapes into the smoke box. I

What I claim as new is In a cooking stove or range the herein describeddouble flue, the fire box, the baking oven, the longitudinal partitionmounted on a strip removably secured to the top of the oven and itsupper edge cut away, as shown,

the vertical partition attached to the rear wall.

of the stove in combination with the supplemental partition below theoven, the laterally movable rod to which said partition is secured, andthe metal strip removably attached to the under side of the oven, andthe keeper formed integral therewith, with which said supplementalpartition is adapted to engage, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand,this 2d day of July, 1894, in the presence of witnesses.

CALEB V. FLEETWOOD.

Witnesses:

W. J. DONAHOE, RUDOLPH BUTZ.

